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Don't forget that poles are measured in their entirely. You have to add what is buried to what you see above ground to get pole length.

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ANSI standard setting for a 75 ft. wood pole is about 10 ft. So, you're still looking at about 65 ft. above ground.

I stopped by a proposed Mobilitie site in Los Angeles, and I can't imagine the neighbors are going to be very happy when they find out there's a 75 foot pole going up in their front yards. I want these small cells badly, but someone isn't using common sense with some of these proposed sites.

Report: SoftBank may be willing to give up control in a T-MOBILE merger. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15W26E

This offer by Verizon is very tempting.

In Los Angeles there's no denying that Verizon has the superior network when it comes to implemented coverage and capacity.

Sprint happens to work well for me, so switching may be more effort than it's worth.  Also, there are finally signs that Mobilitie is building out more small cells in the market, which I think could help significantly.

But Sprint, you're on notice.  Other carriers are starting to look very attractive.

Can someone help me locate permits? I have no idea how to search for Sprint specifically. Below are links for my area.

 

Please help.

 

Much appreciated

 

http://permittingservices.montgomerycountymd.gov/DPS/general/Home.aspx

 

http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/services/permits-and-inspections

It looks like you may have to request a public records search if there's no permit search capability:

http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/government/public-information-requests

I second that. No new upgrades since early 2016 in San Diego. Permits been dead.

It's almost impossible to search permit records en masse in LA, so count yourself lucky that you can even track that!

Nice to see Nokia FTHC LTE UE Relay antennas are now in service. 

It's good to see more Nokia gear in this market.

Also, the placement of this site is interesting.  It's very close to a macro site (as in 1500 ft. or so away).  It seems to strategically fill in an area that might be in a signal "shadow" due to some structures in the way.

Is there a higher res picture you might be able to link to? Just want to take a closer look!

Here's a link to the full res picture, but it's just an iPhone pic:

http://imgur.com/qQlfRI9

And here's a much better closeup of a similar setup from Jonathan Kramer's site.  The only difference is a missing cover on the post of the top mounted antenna:

http://wireless.blog.law/2016/10/23/mobilities-walrus-design/ 

The Mobilitie small cell invasion has begun creeping toward Universal City and just SE of Burbank.  They seem to have streamlined the design and installation to something more visually appealing than the initial batch in K-Town and Hollywood.

Günther responded to this question last night after the AMA ended:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sprint/comments/5ipysj/2nd_ama_here_we_come/dba667q/

 

Pretty cool. It'll be interesting to see what design influence the "Ultimate Sprint Coverage Map" has on Sprint's coverage map.

That's awesome news! JWMaloney's map is far superior in utility, size and general appearance. I'm glad to see a willingness on Sprint's part to be entrepreneurial in its effort to improve their maps.

LTE 3500? Sprint must be serious about small cells!

Already mentioned in the investing thread, but this might be the "cool" announcement:

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-06/japan-s-softbank-to-invest-50-billion-in-the-u-s-trump-says

Sprint is promoting the launch of LTE Plus in the LA Metro market.  I received an email from them this morning announcing "a faster, better network experience."

I personally have not noticed a difference.  Of course I don't have a 3xCA capable phone.

Is critical thinking dead?

 

 

Is that a rhetorical question?

Landlines and power still remain out of service in Ormond Beach, Florida after Matthew but Sprint service held up. Getting through takes a few tries, but it does work. Kudos to Sprint.

Did you know that Trump promised that his proposed wall will not only block people from entering the country, but it will also block all RF to/from Mexico? Problem solved!

Mexico is sending all its bad signals and interference over here. (Maybe some of the signals are OK.)

We're going to build a Faraday Wall and AT&T Mexico is going to pay for it.

Well, I made a FCC complaint, Not really against Sprint, but San Bernardino County. Here's Sprint's response...

 

 

That was a clever way to get a response.

It basically aligns with what I was told.

There are still way too many gaps with no LTE coverage despite the growing number of B41 sites.  

Speaking of a growing number of B41 sites have you noticed any new Mobilitie sites?

I've seen a few added around the first sites in the K-town area, mostly north and west of there.

Perhaps the Sprint employee got "LA Metro" and Southern California mixed up? The IBEZ extends into parts of Riverside County and OC but no where near LA proper.

To follow up on this more, in my limited understanding, there is the IBEZ, the 110km of separation from the border and then there is a bigger region of frequency coordination in SoCal (NPSPAC Region 5.)

If you look at this document, on page 24, you can see a map which shows the IBEZ (they call it the "MBR") and the NPSPAC Regions affected by the MBR.

http://www.800ta.org/content/resources/NPSPAC_Region5_Presentation_TAWeb.pdf

Also notice how Nevada (Las Vegas) is not impacted by the MBR.  So that may be why Vegas gets B26 but we have to wait.

Anecdotally, it seems like narrowband (1x voice) is permitted in the region outside of the IBEZ/MBR, but possibly not wideband (LTE).

Since when has Sprint or any other carrier provided exact dates or timelines? Sprint seems to get crucified the most if they slip at all in any announcements whereas other carriers get more forgiveness.

 

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I'm sure Sprint is motivated to get B26 rolled out in LA as fast as possible but there are factors out of their control.

Perhaps the Sprint employee got "LA Metro" and Southern California mixed up? The IBEZ extends into parts of Riverside County and OC but no where near LA proper.

I asked a similar follow up question and was told that estimate applied to the entire market.

Found out that a friend is working on re-tuning radios for an LA bus agency (presumably Metro) that involves frequencies in the 800Mhz spectrum. Wasn't able to get many details from him, but I'm assuming this is connected with the rebanding effort. Encouraging to see that action is taking place.

I recently emailed Günther Ottendorfer and got a response from another Sprint employee that all of LA Metro won't be getting B26 until 2H2018.  That seemed contrary to the public opinion about San Bernardino being the holdup in this market, so I pressed them about it and they cited frequency clearing in Mexico as the holdup.

B25 is live on parts of the Metro Red Line. It seems like it's live between Union Station and just past 7th/Metro.

This was taken while on the northbound Red Line train leaving 7th St. / Metro Center station.

When the expansion covers every road/highway that has 2 lanes in each direction and more money for expansion is available, Sprint should then move on to every smaller village and town starting with the largest population sizes where they they do not provide coverage along with the roads that link these smaller villages and towns.

I could get behind a variation of this, which would be to concentrate on the suburban and rural areas surrounding the biggest and most profitable markets.

Think of it as providing good day trip coverage for large metro areas.  Of course it would be great to have coverage everywhere but that takes a ton of money to make reality.

An interesting observation I've made recently is that AT&T B30 range is a lot worse than Sprint B41 range. At a tower I frequent, AT&T and Sprint/Clear are set up with the same sector alignment, the Clear cells being a few inches above the AT&T ones. AT&T's B30 dies when Sprint B41 is still at -102 to -108. Is this by design or is AT&T's equipment not that great or what?

Possibly related: Didn't AT&T have to show that B30 wouldn't interfere with Sirius XM signals? Was there a power restriction associated with that?

Do you have any information for us regarding SoCal yet ? Any new deadlines ? I need better inbuilding coverage in my laboratory at work before I throw my phone

 

 

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I don't have any new info. All my info is from public records. I've reached out to various people at SB County and Sprint but nobody has given me any answers. I wish I had more time to look into it.